WO2020206075A8 - Wireless ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods - Google Patents

Wireless ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods Download PDF

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WO2020206075A8
WO2020206075A8 PCT/US2020/026326 US2020026326W WO2020206075A8 WO 2020206075 A8 WO2020206075 A8 WO 2020206075A8 US 2020026326 W US2020026326 W US 2020026326W WO 2020206075 A8 WO2020206075 A8 WO 2020206075A8
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ultrasound device
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wireless communication
wireless ultrasound
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Krishna ERSSON
Lawrence SPECTOR
Hamid Soleimani
Graham PEYTON
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Butterfly Network, Inc.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/56—Details of data transmission or power supply
    • A61B8/565—Details of data transmission or power supply involving data transmission via a network
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    • G06F9/547—Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
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    • G16H—HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
    • G16H40/00—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G16H40/60—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices
    • G16H40/67—ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices for the operation of medical equipment or devices for remote operation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
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    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1095—Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/12—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/80—Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

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Abstract

A system comprising an ultrasound device configured to communicate ultrasound data wirelessly to a remote computing device over a wireless communication link, wherein the ultrasound device and the remote computing device implement the wireless communication link using a set of functions to wirelessly transmit the ultrasound data, and wherein the wireless communication link may be used in combination with a communication wired link.
PCT/US2020/026326 2019-04-05 2020-04-02 Wireless ultrasound device and related apparatus and methods WO2020206075A1 (en)

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